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Section 4 of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" focuses on the town and resort of Vail, Colorado. Named after Charles "Charlie" Vail, a highway engineer responsible for the interstate over Vail Pass and Continental Divide, the resort emerged as a dream from local Earl Eaton and 10th Mountain Division and ski veteran Pete Seibert.
What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County to the names of our trails, ski runs, lifts,...
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The 1916 election was also a presidential one where we elected Woodrow Wilson. Here are the election results for all of Eagle County, including Ruedi, Wolcott, "Lakes", Red Cliff, Gypsum, Burns, Eagle, and others. The election also includes several towns that no longer exist: Gilman, Pando, Sheephorn, and Fulford.
In Eagle County, Wilson was easily their president-elect.
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Section 3 of "A Glossary of Vail Valley Names" focuses on Beaver Creek resort. The name "Beaver Creek" might be guessed to have been adapted by the early pioneers and trappers in the area.
What's in a name? The Simontons link the rich heritage of Eagle County pioneers to the names of our trails, ski runs, lifts, streets, and restaurants. Arrowhead and Beaver Creek were once home to ranchers, livestock, and farms and many of our local areas today...
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From histories compiled by Eileen Ewing Arcibold and George Griffith White II. A biographical history of Sarah Ann Morton White, born to prominent ranchers of Platte County in Missouri in 1847. She eventually married (George Griffith White) and moved to Colorado, raising a family and ranching.
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A description of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery, one of the first cemeteries created in the Eagle Valley.
"Enclosed you will find a brief sketch of the founding of Crown Hill Cemetery. I wanted you to know how we lived without a place for our dead, what we did without telephones, how we built our own coffins and how, at least one man could live among us and never really be known, and how a child grew to womanhood in those surroundings. There...
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A narrative history of Beaver Creek, Colorado, written by Don Simonton. Don and his wife, June, wrote several books on the history of the area and its changing landscape with ski resorts.
Simonton covers the early history of Beaver Creek as an area with ranches to its beginnings as a ski resort in the town of Avon. Early businesses, crops, settlers, and entrepreneurs are discussed in detail and important agreements such as the Ute Reservation...